We can only rest if we trust God. In Exodus 16 God is teaching his people to trust him by providing them daily bread. Just enough for each day. They had to let go of their anxiety about what they would eat tomorrow and trust that he would provide for them.

Rest is war in the cosmic realm. It's a war against the "taskmaster". There a four snapshots from Exodus that show us who the taskmaster is and how he tries to keep us from rest.

Rest is intertwined into creation, we were created for rest. But it's hard to rest when there's so much to do! It's easy to trade rest for escape. But God wants us to worship Him by resting.

What is your relationship with work? And how does it keep you from rest? When God created the world he established a liturgy of time, a weekly rhythm of work and rest. But our relationship with our work is complicated. The fall of humanity twisted our relationship with our work. Sin lies to us and tells we were made for work and we can use our work to satisfy our deepest longings and identity. But our God gives rest, and he teaches us to rest before he teaches us to work.

Is it worth it follow Jesus? Ruth thinks so. To the degree that she commits herself to what she knows will be a life of destitution and poverty with her mother in law Naomi. Jesus is calling you to follow Him. Will you?

Five women are named in Jesus' genealogy. Tamar is the first. This is her story. Why is she included in Jesus' genealogy when this is unheard of in Jesus' day? And what does this mean for us? Well, you can't understand Jesus unless you know Judah, and you can't know Judah without Tamar!!

James gets at the heart of what "true faith" is. James remind you that what you do matters! Remember that God has not called you to a moment of faith, but rather a life of faith!

God called the first disciple to a life of faith. He calls every disciple to a life of faith. He's calling you too. Will you answer His call?

Why is Abraham tested by God? Why are you tested by God? How can God stay true to all His promises when life looks the way it does right now in this moment? Surely Abraham feels this when he is raising his hand with the knife. It feels like God is turning His back on Abraham, and on us. But we find out in this passage that He tests us because He loves us. How does this make sense? find out in this sermon about the life of Abraham.

The story of Sodom and Gomorrah is often reduced to a story about what God does to the wicked. We often don't graduate to a deeper understanding of scripture. It's not just a story about divine judgment… It's a story about divine mercy.

God makes incredible, unbelievable promises to Abram and Sarai, but they can't wait to see how good God's promises can be and take matters into their own hands. Both of them make mistakes. What is God speaking to us in this ancient story? More than than you might think!

Abram learns what it means to live by faith. God makes promises to Abram and he believes God, or does he? There's little doubt there, and you hear it in his response. We all have doubts. We pray that this sermon on Genesis 15 will encourage you and bring you closer to God as you grow in faith in the midst of your own doubt.

Abraham, as the first disciple, worships by building an altar. But there's more going on here than piling up stones. Abraham worships the Lord by waging war on the gods of the land he arrived in. How should this shape our own worship? Come along with us on this journey know the Lord and follow him.

In Genesis 11/12 we find the world in the throws of sin and chaos. And at this point, God does something different than He had done before. He calls a family into discipleship. God decides to fix the world through the holiness of a family. God is calling you into a new life! Will you answer that call?

This Psalm was written in exile, just when the people of God were losing hope in worldly power, and beginning to trust that God would have to do something different. They asked God for more of Him.

David wrote this Psalm in the aftermath of taking another man wife, then having him killed and then covering it up like nothing happened. You may not see yourself in this story, but self absorption leads to blindness so how could you? 4 simple words helped David to see himself for who he really was. We pray they will help you also to see that "you are the man" in this story of being blinded by sin, and that it would bring you to repentance.

Many men have used this passage to exploit women, children, and justify slavery. To exert power over people in the name of God. This passage, however, is about giving up power. We pray this sermon on Colossians 3 will draw you closer to the Lord.

The Apostle Paul digs deep into Christian life. Paul want you to see that there's nothing in your life that Christ does not change. Because Christ IS your life!

Paul's message to the Colossian Church couldn't be more timely. The church in North America is sleepwalking its way into the occult. More Christians than ever before are looking outside the gospel for peace, meaning, and deliverance. They're looking to crystals, palm readers, horoscopes, astrology, etc. And they're opening a door to the demonic in their lives that will destroy them.

The people of God are forgetting what they believe about Jesus. So the Apostle Paul sings over them.